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Art and act : on causes in history--Manet, Gropius, Mondrian

by Peter Gay

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An exploration of causes in history, drawing its examples from the fields of painting and architecture. Using the lives and works of three artists, this book explains how character, craft and culture together determined how each of them created what he did.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Art & Design, History, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 759.4 — Arts & recreation Painting History, geographic treatment, biography France and Monaco
LCC: ND553 .M3 .G38 — Fine Arts Painting Painting History

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Published: 1976
Genres: Nonfiction, Art & Design, History, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 759.4
LCC: ND553 .M3 .G38

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